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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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